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Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 6
BY REPRESENTATIVE ABRAMSON
HOUSE/RULES: Provides for recommittal of certain instruments to the Committee on Civil
Law and Procedure
A RESOLUTION1
To amend and readopt House Rule 6.8(A) of the Rules of Order of the House of2
Representatives to provide relative to the recommittal of certain legislative3
instruments.4
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana5
that House Rule 6.8(A) of the Rules of Order of the House of Representatives is hereby6
amended and readopted to read as follows:7
Rule 6.8. Recommittal: Constitutional amendments; special elections; propositions;8
study resolutions; Capital Outlay Bill; minimum foundation resolution;9
legislative instruments creating special funds; legislative instruments with a10
fiscal impact; public records exceptions; interstate compacts; felonies11
A.(1) A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Louisiana12
Constitution or a bill which calls a special election or which proposes to submit a13
proposition or question to the voters, having been referred to a standing committee,14
other than the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure, under the provisions of Rule15
6.5, if reported, shall be reported to the Clerk of the House in accordance with the16
requirements of Rule 6.11(A). However, after such report, any such House17
instrument ordered engrossed, immediately following the engrossment order, and18
any such Senate instrument reported favorably or with amendments, immediately19
following the reading of such report and action on any amendments reported, shall20
be recommitted by the speaker to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.21 HLS 13RS-206 ORIGINAL
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(2)(a) Said committee shall study all legislative instruments recommitted to1
it pursuant to this Paragraph, shall ensure that the ballot language is comprised of2
simple, unbiased, concise, and easily understood language which conforms to all3
applicable laws, and shall review the proposed election date at which the proposition4
or question is to be submitted to the voters to ensure maximum voter turnout, to the5
extent practicable.6
(b) Said committee shall study all measures legislative instruments7
recommitted to it pursuant to this Paragraph, taking into account other joint8
resolutions introduced in either the House or the Senate, and shall report such9
measures to the full House "with amendments" or "without amendments".10
(c) Said committee shall study joint resolutions taking into account other11
joint resolutions introduced in either the House or the Senate, and include with the12
report a statement indicating whether the measures referred to it can be accomplished13
statutorily without the necessity of the constitutional amendment and whether such14
measures conflict with one another, and indicating the number of joint resolutions15
introduced and the number reported by other standing committees.16
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Abramson HR No. 6
Abstract: Requires any bill which calls a special election or which proposes to submit a
proposition or question to the voters to be recommitted to Civil Law & Procedure.
Present House Rule (House Rule 6.8) requires the recommittal of certain legislative
instruments including constitutional amendments (Civil Law & Procedure); resolutions
proposing certain studies (House and Governmental Affairs); the Capital Outlay Bill
(Appropriations); the MFP concurrent resolution (Appropriations); specials funds
(Appropriations); Senate instruments with a fiscal cost of $500,000 or more
(Appropriations); Senate instruments with a net decrease in fees or a net increase in fees or
taxes of $500,000 or more (Ways & Means); public records exceptions (House and
Governmental Affairs); and provisions to join an interstate compact (House and
Governmental Affairs).
Proposed House Rule adds requirement that a bill which calls a special election or which
proposes to submit a question or proposition to the voters, if reported by the committee of
first referral, to be recommitted to Committee on Civil Law & Procedure, adds a specific
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recommitted to it to ensure that the ballot language is comprised of simple, unbiased,
concise, and easily understood language which conforms to all applicable laws and shall
review the proposed election date at which the proposition or question is to be submitted to
the voters to ensure maximum voter turnout, to the extent practicable; otherwise, retains
present House Rule.
(Amends House Rule 6.8(A))